Harper Hits For Cycle As Schwarber Homers Three Times

Citizens Bank Park turned into a launchpad on Saturday night as Bryce Harper hit the first cycle of his career and Kyle Schwarber went deep three times, including two homers in the same inning, to push the Philadelphia Phillies to a 15-3 pounding of the New York Mets. Harper finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored, while Schwarber matched him with a 4-for-5 night and piled on six RBIs and four runs.

Schwarber started the Phillies’ eight-run third inning with a 456-foot solo blast off Mets starter Freddy Peralta, then later in that same frame unloaded a 457-foot three-run shot off Cionel Pérez that turned a tight game into a one-sided affair. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, he was not done, adding a two-run homer in the seventh to complete his three-homer outburst.

The official box score at Fox Sports shows Schwarber at four hits in five at-bats with six RBIs, and confirms that his seventh-inning homer pushed him to a major-league-leading 28 home runs on the season. The same box score lists Cristopher Sánchez as the winning pitcher and charges Peralta with 10 runs in 2 2/3 innings.

Harper’s Cycle Comes Together In A Hurry

Harper checked off the cycle in just five innings. He opened his night with a solo homer in the first, then doubled in the third and came around to score on an error. He later added a single and, in the fifth, ripped a two-run triple that completed the rare feat. According to the Los Angeles Times, that sequence made him the 11th player in Phillies history to hit for the cycle and the first since Weston Wilson did it on Aug. 15, 2024.

Third-Inning Avalanche Blows Game Open

The eight-run third inning, fueled by Schwarber’s two towering homers, a steady stream of Phillies hits, and a Mets throwing error, flipped the contest from competitive to completely out of hand in a matter of minutes. The play-by-play and box score at Fox Sports detail how quickly Peralta was chased and how rapidly the lead ballooned.

For Philadelphia, it was a loud reminder of how dangerous this lineup can be when the top of the order is locked in, with Harper and Schwarber delivering milestone-level performances in the same game. For the Mets, it was another rough chapter for a rotation that has struggled to keep opponents from running wild on the scoreboard.